diff --git a/testing/php81-pecl-couchbase/APKBUILD b/testing/php81-pecl-couchbase/APKBUILD
index 0b4f4a8c2cb4e4c95d622a79993a253cdebf96cd..98aabaf36ac5d3a70d4bd012c0cdce21c62025ed 100644
--- a/testing/php81-pecl-couchbase/APKBUILD
+++ b/testing/php81-pecl-couchbase/APKBUILD
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ pkgver=4.2.1
 pkgrel=0
 pkgdesc="PHP 8.1 extension for Couchbase - PECL"
 url="https://pecl.php.net/package/couchbase"
-arch="all !riscv64 !ppc64le !s390x" # ftbfs
+# loongarch64: fails to build boringssl
+arch="all !riscv64 !ppc64le !s390x !loongarch64" # ftbfs
 license="Apache-2.0"
 _phpv=81
 _php=php$_phpv